Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection includes various legal briefs and transcripts from civil liberties cases (1967-1970) in which Charles Morgan, Jr., Director of the Southern Regional Office, American Civil Liberties Union,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An arm with a hook (instead of a hand) in the shape of a Communist hammer and sickle has a note tied onto it that reads, "Get out of Vietnam...Stop the bombing." A note nearby...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Fundraising letter with accompanying television transcript dated April 24[?], 1967. The letter and transcript are about the legal difficulties of the Louisiana-based Southern Consumers' Education...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Press release by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), dated April 4, 1966, titled "Six Candidates File to Run in the State Democratic Party Primary." The statement announces...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the beginning of the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU), which was founded in Shaw, Mississippi, to work for higher wages for cotton choppers and truck drivers. ...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This issue of the Southern Student Organizing Committee Newsletter (Volume II, no. 4: May 1965) contains articles on civil rights movement projects, fundraising, and arrests as well as a student...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that lists incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violence against African Americans and civil rights...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated October 12, 1964. Campbell discusses the proposed organization of a group of interracial Churchmen of Mississippi, and his...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Bench warrant signed by R.E. Greene for the arrest of Frank Cieciorka, who was charged with defacing the Marshall County jail. Cieciorka was actively involved in other aspects of Freedom Summer:...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer advertising a town hall meeting about civil rights in Mississippi to be held at New York University on August 20, 1964. Lists the panelists involved, and details of date, time, and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter entitled "The Voice of the Movement," distributed by the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, branch of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), dated August 17, 1964. Volume 1,...
Carbon copy of a typewritten letter from Dr. Israel Zwerling to President Lyndon B. Johnson, dated August 10, 1964, in which Zwerling appeals to Johnson for justice for murdered civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Arthur [Falk] to Joe and Nancy Ellin, dated July 22, 1964. Discusses the individual who assaulted Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and the...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document from Nelson Blackstock recounts a meeting of a few Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers with a local man involved in organizing labor unions. It also gives an account...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. News release (press release) from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee headquarters in Atlanta. The news release identifies the Association of Tenth Amendment Conservatives (ATAC), based...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends dated 1964, in which the Mantinbands discuss their life in Texas. While they return to Mississippi occasionally upon the invitation of...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of Rev. Rayford's son at a church community meeting in Clarksdale, Mississippi. According to a handwritten note on the back...
